[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23110]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5234]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Masterpieces From an English Country House: The 
Fitzwilliam Collection''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
[79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459], Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.], Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999 [64 FR 56014], Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], as amended, and 
Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition, 
``Masterpieces from an English Country House: The Fitzwilliam 
Collection,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Chrysler 
Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, from on or about April 28, 2006, to 
on or about August 13, 2006, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, 
Tennessee, from on or about September 15, 2006, to on or about December 
3, 2006, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in 
the national interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered 
to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, such as a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/453-8052, and the address is United 
States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: November 15, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-23110 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-08-P